It mightily alters and changes a man! – Thomas Brooks

"Thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin--you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted." -Romans 6:17

“Thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin–you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.” Romans 6:17

Certainly, gospel-obedience is a grace of much worth, and of great force upon the whole man; for when it is once wrought in the heart, it works a conformity to all God’s holy will.

That obedience which springs from saving faith, is a transforming obedience. It mightily alters and changes a man: from impurity–to purity, from sin–to sanctity, from unrighteousness–to righteousness, from earthly-mindedness–to heavenly-mindedness, from pride–to humility, from hypocrisy–to sincerity, etc.

Those who are not savingly changed, are still in the gall of bitterness, and bond of iniquity.